Debate or debating is a formal method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom , and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion. Though logical consistency, factual accuracy and some degree of emotional appeal to the audience are important elements of the art of persuasion, in debating, one side often prevails over the other side by presenting a superior "context" and/or framework of the issue, which is far more subtle and strategic.
Debates Topics
A. Is Victor's creation more Human or more Monster?
B. Does the creature bear more responsibility for the death and destruction in the novel, or is Victor more responsible?
Discussion Questions
1. What were your beliefs about the novel Frankenstein before reading the real story? What parts of the real story were the most surprising to you?
2. In the novel, the creature never received a name. Is this important or unimportant? Why?
3.Secrecy (keeping secrets) is one of the themes found in Frankenstein. How did secrecy affect Victor? Would you kept the same secrets?
4. By the end of the novel, which character do you feel more sympathy towards - Victor or the creature? Why?
5. How believable is Mary Shelley's story? could the recreation of life ever happen?
6. If scientists learn how to bring people back to life, should they do it? From this novel , what have you learn about dangerous knowledge (think of both Victor and Robert Walton) ?
7. The climax of the novel is considered the highest point of tension and is sometimes referred to as the turning point of the story. in your opinion what is the climax of the novel?
8. How was Victor's reaction when the monster kill Elizabeth ?, It was a Good reaction or Bad? Why?
Debates Topics
A. Is Victor's creation more Human or more Monster?
B. Does the creature bear more responsibility for the death and destruction in the novel, or is Victor more responsible?
Discussion Questions
1. What were your beliefs about the novel Frankenstein before reading the real story? What parts of the real story were the most surprising to you?
2. In the novel, the creature never received a name. Is this important or unimportant? Why?
3.Secrecy (keeping secrets) is one of the themes found in Frankenstein. How did secrecy affect Victor? Would you kept the same secrets?
4. By the end of the novel, which character do you feel more sympathy towards - Victor or the creature? Why?
5. How believable is Mary Shelley's story? could the recreation of life ever happen?
6. If scientists learn how to bring people back to life, should they do it? From this novel , what have you learn about dangerous knowledge (think of both Victor and Robert Walton) ?
7. The climax of the novel is considered the highest point of tension and is sometimes referred to as the turning point of the story. in your opinion what is the climax of the novel?
8. How was Victor's reaction when the monster kill Elizabeth ?, It was a Good reaction or Bad? Why?